American Idol - My Guilty Pleasure

I know that alot of people think American Idol is trash but I really couldn't care less. Every season there is someone that wows me and I love watching them perform.

This season Melinda Doolittle is my pick and I think she outshines everyone but Kelly Clarkson. If she doesn't win I will be shocked but winning isn't important. She's proven she's much more than a backup singer and one way or another I have no doubt she'll be releasing an album, and I can't wait to buy it :-)

The moment she showed up for the audition and sang For Once In My Life I wanted her to win. It's awesome watching her growing and becoming more confident. She's really inspiring.

Suzie may have a contender for my favorite diva ^.^

Blast From The Not So Distant Past

I watched the Rockstar INXS dvd today and it reminded me how much I love Suzie McNeil. I want her to become insanely popular and make dozens of records so I can have my own little Suzie collection.

Recently she released a music video called 'Hung Up', and I promise it's not a Madonna cover. I've linked to the video cause Crawl by Atlas has seen enough coverage for now hehe.

I'm glad she didn't win Rockstar INXS because it means she can do her own thing, but at the same time it irks me she didn't make it because she deserved it. Yeah it's great that JD Fortune doesn't have to live on the street anymore but my god was he an ass. I really think he won because he was the closest resemblance to the original singer, both vocally and in appearance. And I think that's a shame because there's no reason they couldn't have taken the band in a new direction.

Suzie also did a great job with Clay Aiken singing I Want To Know What Love Is, but unfortunately it's listed as a Clay Aiken song and she's just 'backup'. I couldn't find it on youtube except as music to an image compilation, but if you hear it, now you'll know it's Suzie :-)

Apparently all gay men need a Diva, it's like rule number one in the 'So you like boys' handbook. So I think I'm gonna have to choose Suzie!

Aaanyway, yay Suzie for releasing Hung Up, and hopefully there'll be many more to come.

P.S. I've just ordered a signed copy of her new CD, Broken and Beautiful!!! Whoot! You can also listen to a few of her songs on her My Space

Absolut Exhaustion

Hellos!

I've been away visiting my sister for the last few days which is why there's been no blog entry. It was great to catch up with my little sis :-) We even went to the Hamilton Zoo together, which was seriously lacking in lions, camels, pandas and elephants, but the rest was all cool.

I took the bus home last night after a long day with her cause I have an interview this morning for that job I mentioned earlier. Unfortunately I couldn't sleep last night, dunno if it was nerves or what but I think I fell asleep about 4am :-(

So now I'm completely exhausted, but I thought I'd use the Absolut Hunk picture to make me feel a bit better hehe. Oh well, wish me luck for the interview!

Sinfully Delicious

Ookay so the healthy eating isn't going as well as it could, but I'm a work in progress so I won't beat myself up about it too much. After downing a Coke and a couple of hot dogs the deadly sin of the day has to be Gluttony. Shame on me!

Speaking of yummy things, a friend of mine pointed out that I forgot someone very important from my top five list. Wentworth Miller, the sexy star of Prison Break, who also featured in that psychos music video (yes I'm talking about Mariah Carey). How I could forget this walking hunk of sex I don't know, but thanks Matthias for reminding me :-) The question is where would he feature? I think I'd have to bump off Justin Timberlake because really I didn't do Eric justice putting him behind Justin, but he definitely fits behind Wentworth.....ummm...what was I saying?

Oh yeah. So Wentworth is now number 4 and justin timberlake can take a hike. In the woods. With me. Just the two of us. Any time. Seriously.

In other news I'm hoping to start a new job soon. I'm probably jumping the gun a bit on this because I've only just arranged for the second interview, but it's at a finance company, in their call centre. It looks alot like the call centre work I have been doing in the past, only less medical terminology and more financial calculations. Billing was never a weak point of mine but never something I exactly enjoyed either, but the company looks like a fun place to work so I'm eager to get the role. Fingers crossed

Hmm all that talk of Wentworth Miller has got me commiting two deadly sins today.

Oh...My...

Here's where I list my top five male celebrities. Not so much based on their talent as it is on their *cough* ahem...yeah.

5 - Eric Dane, a.k.a. McSteamy. Ohhh when he comes out of the shower in that Greys Anatomy episode...wowser.



4 - Justin Timberlake. I know! I can't believe I put him on here either. But I did say it's not about their talent hehe. Have you seen him topless? Good god.

3 - Steve Sandvoss. He starred in the gay romance, Latter Days. But it was just acting and he is in fact straight. *sighs*



2 - Orlando Bloom. Need I say more? Of course not, but I'm going to! As if he wasn't hot enough as Legolas in lord of the rings, he had to go and get sexier as Will Turner in Pirates of the Carribean. Sure Johnny Depp gave him a run for his money but for overall sex appeal it's got to be Orlando.

1 - Jesse Metcalfe. The hunky gardener from Desperate Housewives, as featured to the left, takes out the top spot. It's just a shame his flatmate didn't hook into him instead of Mrs Vandercamps son.


I think I could easily make this a top ten but I'll restrain myself :-)

Until next time!

Time To Get Buff

I'm upping the exercise and dropping the food intake cause it's time to get sexy :-)

As I've mentioned, Pink is coming to New Zealand! Yay for that. And then in May tickets go on sale to see Christina Aguilera. God I'm gay to be getting excited about that, but I don't care, cause I can't wait. I'm swapping out Ameries 'Take Control' video for Candyman by Xtina in case you don't know what her latest song is like.

So why am I talking about Pink and Christina but using a Gwen Stefani pic? Well, I dunno, but she's hot and she rocks so I'm going with it. Plus she's fit, which works with the theme.

Well I'm off to pay a visit to the crosstrainer. Adios!

Do You Have To Have Faith?

I doubt George Michael was meaning faith in the religious sense but hey, I like a good pun. I come from a pretty religious family, not so much my immediate family but cousins, aunts, uncles and grandparents. Almost every one of them is heavily into the Christian faith. Which is hard for me, being gay and agnostic.

The important thing to me though is that my mother and sister are cool with it, and they are. They couldn't be better really. Everyone else just has to draw their own conclusions, and if they decide that me being gay is too much of an obstacle then I need to remember that that's their issue and not mine.

In the past it's really got to me when I get a bad reaction to my sexuality. That probably sounds silly to most people, but to me being gay is a huge part of me, not just in the sense that I have relationships with men but for me it defines the kind of person I am and what I enjoy doing. Beer and Rugby (the two manliest things a kiwi bloke can enjoy) are the furthest things from my mind when I'm thinking of a fun thing to do. I'd rather drink a classy cocktail and dance to R&B/Pop/Dance. Shopping is my idea of a good time. I watch Desperate Housewives and I bloody well like it! But I have a hard time being open about these things with people who aren't like minded. So that's my mission at the moment. Try and build my confidence so that I can just be myself, no matter who I'm with or what I'm doing. You won't ever hear me say 'I'm here and I'm queer, get used to it', but that is the sort of attitude that I think I need to adopt.

Umm, that's about all I've got to say. I'm liking this blog thing. Just to be able to put your thoughts out there is really liberating.